U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has introduced a plan for the Jacksonville Harbor area dredging program. This deepening work is located in the upper cuts through the Lower Terminal Channel of Jacksonville Harbor, Duval County, Florida. The base work under this contract includes
The Wells Harbour dredging program commenced this week, according to wellsharbour.co.uk. The dredger “Kari Hege” will be engaged in dredging operations in the Wells Harbour main channel north of buoy number 4 , between buoys 4 & 2. All material removed from the channel during dredging operation is b
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation is warning residents in the North and the Central Plains to brace for flash floods and forest runoffs during the next two days. The agency received a weather alert by the Meteorological Department which forecasted heavy rains in 13 provinces inclu
The Prime Minister of Quebec, Pauline Marois, initiated a trade mission with 56 delegates from Quebec businesses interested in developing business in Mexico. Ocean is part of this mission in order to expand the dredging activities of its trailing suction hopper barge Ocean Traverse Nord in Mexico. O
Stone Harbor’s ambitious beachfront reconstruction project is in its final clays and could conclude on or before Wednesday, July 31st. Stone Harbor Mayor Suzanne Walters and other Borough officials received word about major progress on the beach fill during a weekly project update meeting held at th
The very first double stack high cube container train left APM Terminals Pipavav on July 17th, carrying 180 TEUs destined for Container Corporation of India (CONCOR’s) new double stack hub at Kathuwas in the northwest Indian State of Rajasthan. Double stack rail service was pioneered at Pipavav Port
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, has announced a plan for the Delaware River dredging project. This deepening program will include dredging of the Delaware River channel at Philadelphia Harbor and Tinicum Ranges, and dredging of the Delaware River at Beckett Street Terminal,
Attorney-General and Minister for Emergency Management Mark Dreyfus QC, Queensland Community Recovery and Resilience Minister David Crisafulli and Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General and Member for Blair Shayne Neumann announced that work will commence immediately to reopen the Port of B
Anvil Attachments recently shipped a large order of dredging buckets and rock grapples to one of its longtime customers in Saudi Arabia. This customer has used Anvil’s dredging buckets and rock grabs on some of the world’s largest and highest profile dredging projects, such as the Palm Island projec
In results announced at the regular Board meeting, South Carolina’s public seaport system continued above-market growth during fiscal year 2013. Container business at the Port of Charleston was up nine percent in the fiscal year that ended June 30, with 1.56 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) h
ADPC has welcomed the Hon. Duncan Gay MLC, Australia’s New South Wales Minister for Roads and Ports and Leader of the House in the Legislative Council, at ADPC Headquarters next to Zayed Port. Mohamed Al Shamisi, ADPC’s acting CEO, took the Minister and Australian delegates on a tour, giving them a
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, has announced the details about the Tangier Island dredging program. This development project includes maintenance dredging on the main channel from Tangier sound to the basin at Tangier, and dredging on the channel from the basin westward to the C
The 7th Circuit upheld the Army Corps of Engineers’ decision allowing the destruction of wetlands for a section of Interstate 69 in Indiana. The Clean Water Act authorizes the Corps to issue permits “for the discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters” of the United States. Howev
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has introduced a plan for the Baltimore channels maintenance dredging program. The areas included in this dredging contract are Brewerton Channel, Fort McHenry, West, and East Channels. During this cleanup project, approximately 500,000 cubic yar
